Out & About Oct. 6, 2017

Whole Foods sing-along

Beth El Congregation’s Cantor Jonathan Angress leads a sing-along at a Rosh Hashanah celebration at Whole Foods in Central Phoenix with YJPHX and the PJ Library.

Photo courtesy of Hillel ASU

Erev Rosh Hashanah at ASU Hillel

Students and faculty meet at the Hillel Jewish Student Center at Arizona State University before lighting the candles on Erev Rosh Hashanah. Standing in front of the group are ASU graduate and senior student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies Aviva Funke, left, and Debbie Yunker Kail, executive director of ASU Hillel, right.

Photo courtesy of Matt Bycer

Learning about Sukkot

In advance of the Sukkot holiday, fourth-graders from Phoenix Hebrew Academy visit Sweetwater Orchards in Scottsdale to check out the growing etrogs.

Photo courtesy of Fran Richter

Where’s your Jewish News?

Debbie Isard, left, and Fran Richter get ready to experience the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 in Yachats, Oregon.

The “Inspired by Israel” video contest has started its 10-day period of online voting to determine which 10 video entrants will move on to the final phase of the contest and be evaluated by an elite panel of judges.